Archetype:Harbinger

Harbinger
The Four Horsemen (Christianity) are the harbingers of the Apocalypse.
Archetype of:	Harbingers, entities that foreshadows or foretells that the end of someone or something is coming.

"All that you know is at an end."

― Norran Radd/Silver Surfer (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer)

The archetype for the characters that possess or have traits of a harbinger.

Also Called

• Bringer of Doom
• Envoy/Herald
• The Foreshadower of the End
• Harbinger of the Apocalypse/Destruction/Doom
• Living Bad Omen
• Witness of thee End

Properties

As an archetype, harbingers are a person, sorcerer or entity who are the bringers/the first beings of great change to occur. They foreshadow or foretell as a seer-type entity the coming of someone or something, usually in the name of much bigger and darker beings to come acting as the higher beings' herald.

Associated Powers

• Dark Force Manipulation
• Death/Entropy Empowerment
• End of Time Being
• Magical Human Physiology (Varies if a mortal sorcerer)
  • Magic
    • Spell Casting
• Necropresence (They always show up or are around areas of death.)
• Oracle/Seer
  • Event Experiencing
  • Extrasensory Perception
    • Danger Detection
    • Death Sense
    • Destiny Perception
    • Divination
    • Precognition
      • Precognitive Dreaming
      • Precognitive Speech
    • Prescience
• Transcendent Physiology (Varies if the harbingers divine in nature.)
  • Apocalyptic Force Manipulation
  • Dark Aura/Influential Presence (Big Rip Inducement; their presence can attract end-level events.)
  • Time Stopping
  • Transcendent Connection (Archetypes likely have a connection to a higher being.)
    • Demonic/Divine Conduit
    • Divine Communication

Variations

• Antichrist
• Apocalyptic Beast
• Four Horsemen

Associations/Relationships

• Apocalypse Aspect Manifestation
• Darkness Entity
• Four Horsemen
• Grim Reaper Physiology
• Seer

Flaws/Weaknesses

• Mortality (if mortal)
• Humanity Retainment
• Apocalypses, death, doom and destruction could be averted or reversed, thus having no need for the Harbinger.
• Subservient
  • May be forced to work with other users, i.e. much more powerful and evil entities.

Example Characters

Also see: Harbinger of Impending Doom and Herald.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Griffith/Femto (Berserk)
• Cheon Ma (Myst, Might, Mayhem/Nano Machine)
• Cheon Yeo Woon (Nano Machine)
• Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Comics

• Pariah (DC Comics)
• Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics); technically.
• Vampire Durkon (The Order of the Stick)

Folklore/Mythology

• Gabriel, the Archangel (Abrahamic Faiths)
• John the Baptist (Catholicism)
• The Four Horsemen (Christianity)
  • Conquest (Antichrist; unofficial member)
  • Death
  • Famine
  • Pestilence
  • War
• The Grim Reaper/Death (European Folklore)
• The Nain Rouge (French/Normandy Folklore)

Literature

• Nyarlethotep (Lovecraft)
• The Ten Heralds of the Almighty (The Stormlight Archive)

Live Television/Movies

• Benjamin Sisko (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
• Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)
• Grigori Rasputin (Hellboy)
• The Nain Rouge (Lost Girl)
• Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Video Games/Tabletop Games

• The Keepers of the Woods (Changeling: The Lost)
• Devourer (Dota 2)
• The Harbinger (Fantasy Flight Games)
• Ingram Plissken (Super Robot Wars Original Generation)

Web Animation/Original

• Bezel (Chikn Nuggit)
• PHEN-228/The Boiled One (THE BOILED ONE PHENOMENON)

Gallery

Griffith/Femto (Berserk)

Cheon Yeo Woon (Nano Machine)

Vampire Durkon (The Order of the Stick)

Videos

LOTR The Return of the King - Andúril - Flame of the West-2

LOTR The Return of the King - The Return of the King-2

Analysis & Discussions

The Life of Fëanor - Tolkien Explained-2

Elrond & Elros in the First Age - Tolkien Explained-2

Elros Tar-Minyatur, First King of Númenor - Tolkien Explained

The Complete Travels of Elendil - Tolkien Explained-2

Aragorn's Travels After The Lord of the Rings - Tolkien Explained-2

The Complete Travels of Gimli - Tolkien Explained

The Fellowship AFTER The Lord of the Rings - Tolkien Explained

How Luke's Jedi Order Differed from the Old Jedi Order -Legends- - Star Wars Explained

Rand al'Thor- A Timeless Journey (Wheel of Time)